Questions and other things (181)
Help with rockID
When I get the chance to get out with my little girl she always brings home "pretty" rocks. Just curious if you guys can help ID a couple of them. I believe this is a vein of rose quartz. Or is it something else?
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Read more…help with info on gpaa claim in the golden back achers near Libby Montana
Planning on doing a winter trip here in the next couple weeks. If anyone has been there or know of the history of the area it would be greatly appreciated. Like winterroad conditions in January etc. thanks a ton
Read more…How do you melt your gold?
The other day I started a thread of making jewelry out of my Alaska gold. Which brings me to the start of this thread.
I have several pounds of black sand from Nome and when it is in a container it appears to have a gold tint to it. Yes there are a f
Read more…Parts for a Dry Washer
I plan to build a bellow or blower drywasher. I am having a hard time figuring out some items
Riffle tray: Muslin. is there different grades f Muslin (Thread count)? does it matter what I order.
Does it matter how far apar
Read more…Sluicing with tons of garnet sand
Where I like to go prospecting there is a lot of red garnet sand. After 1-5 gallon bucket the riffles are bound up with this stuff. Here is a vid and pic of this headache.
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Read more…Reading Maps
I am brand new to mining and one of the things I would like some help on is reading maps and images to identify good areas to prospect. I got on Google Earth and took an aerial photo of the claim. Inside the black box on this image is the section o
Read more…Need some help planning a trip to either NV or AZ prospecting in December
Good day fellow prospectors. I am in need of some help and thought maybe you all would give me some advice. My buddies and I are wanting to plan a trip to either Arizona or Nevada prospecting/metal detecting December 26-31 2012. We are not sure what
Read more…Gold is Nice but what about Blackberrys ?
Jane and I get alot of enjoyment from prospecting ! We often bring home and extra from natures bounty So far this year it has been Figs from a wild fig tree, Hazelnuts from the Creek they go great in Short Bread, And we have about six pounds of Black
Read more…Classifier sizes
I don't understand classifier sizes and equivalents. I see some posts that call for 1/4" classifier and other posts that talk about +30 and -100 classifiers. Does someone have a conversion chart or equivalency chart for screen sizes? I want to know w
Read more…OGH
anyone know what happened to the OGH site??? It is speculated that because of what someone wrote it was shut down..also a reminder to all what you write can be taken out of context by the green machine and used against us.....miners that is......
I w
Read more…Platinum?
Today while processing my cons i was panning my larger gravels looking for pickers i got to the last little bit of my first pan and noticed a bright shiney mangled piece of metal, it isnt gold its not lead and i dont think its silver since silver wou
Read more…fine gold
I have 2 buckets of dirt i brought back from Arizona in july and I keep sorting thru it and every time I do thta I find more fine pieces of flakes that I cant seem to get with a tweezers or panning or any other trick I have tried does any onyone hav
Read more…Picture downloads
Can any one here tell us how to donwload pics to this site from a phone?
I'm sure it would be helpfull to a lot of members.
Read more…Sell vs Lease a claim ? Any thoughts?
I have a claim in Oregon, 20 Ac with a small creek. It is about 15 miles out from Grants Pass in a good gold are. It has never been hydrauliced and is nearly all old ancient river bed. I love the place, but to get to good pay it will take s
Read more…question about pump size
I'm in the process of building a micro/mini cleanup sluice. I want it to be arecirculating, what would be a good size pump to use. My sluice is going to be 4 inches wide by 24 inches long, any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
Read more…Dutch Flat
I have recently stumbled into Dutch Flat and was wondering if anyone knew the area. I looked around and seemed to be looking at mountains of tailings. Can anyone give me information on whether or not it is worth exploring.
Read more…4" classifiers - anyone use them?
I ran across 4" classifiers for sale at Goldfeverprospting.com. They offer 12 different sizes from 4 to 100 mesh @ $12 each. Seems to me that they would be very handy classifying small amounts of cons... much less awkward than the full sized class
Read more…Best small 12V battery?
What 12V Batteries are you currently using? Where did you get them and what did they cost?
Right now I'm using a tow truck style jumper battery. Its pretty heavy and there are obviously steep river banks in spots. It also wont fit into a 5 gal bucke
Read more…Help increase production?
Alright, now i know most of you have a lot more expirence and knowledge of recovery methods, and i want to pick some brains. I found a spot that is a very large area, with a lot and i mean a lot of fines flakes and pickers in the overburden. Now the
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